Ironing-board.



J. BURR.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR, 21, 1911.

1,018,295, Patented Feb.20,1912.

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kJENhTIIIzl BURR, OF MATTEAWAN, NEW YORK.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 21, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912. serial No. 615,821.

To all whom it may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, JENNIE BURR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Matteawan, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide an ironing board adapted for use in ironing fabrics and like materials. For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a base, a board body hingedly mounted at one end of the said base and adapted to fold over the said base, a downwardly extending lug secured to the outer end of the said board body, and a plurality of springs secured to the said base at one end thereof and extending upwardly between the said board body and the said base, said springs being provided with a latch member adapted to receive the lug on the said board body to releasably ret-ain the board body in folded position over the said base.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device showing the same with an end of the board body slightly raised from contact with the base. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing my device in operative position. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig.

Y f1 is a transverse section taken on the line 1&4 in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the views I provide a base 10 consisting of side pieces 11, preferably spaced apart and arranged in relatively converging position as shown in Fig. 1. Hingedly mo-unted at one end of the base 10 by means of suitable hinges 12 is a board body 13 of substantially the same length as the base 10 and adapted to fold over on the base 10 as shown in Fig. 2. At the other end of the said board body 13 is secured a downwardly extending lug 15 disposed centrally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the board body. On the outer end of the base 10 is secured a bottom member 16 having mounted thereon a plurality of upwardly extending springs 17 and secured to the upper ends of the said springs is a latch board 18 provided with an aperture 19 disposed centrally thereof, the said aperture 19 being adapted to receive the lug 15 on the board body 13.

In the use of my device when the same is positioned as shown in Fig. 2, the upper surface of the board body 13 constitutes the ironing surface o-f t-he board and when an article is placed on the surface and an iron applied thereto in the usual manner, any pressure exerted downwardly on the iron will tend to produce a reaction of the springs 17 so that in response to a downward pressure of t-he iron on the material disposed on the ironing surface of the board body 13, the springs 17 Will exert a corresponding upward pressure, thus tending to facilitate the ironing of the material and also tending to equalize to a certain extent the pressure on both sides of the board body 13. use, the board body 13 can be hingedly swung relatively to the base 10 so that the said board body will be in substantial alinement with the base 10 and the ironing board can thus be easily packed away in a corner 0r along one side of the room. By providing the support shown for the board body7 13, the strain produced by the pressure exerted on the iron when a material or fabric is ironed on the board body 13, is greatly reduced, owing to the springs 17 mounted at one end of the base and although I have shown the springs 17 mounted at one end of the base, it will be understood that the same can be secured at various distances from the ends of the base.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, is

In an ironing board, the combination of a base, a board body horizont-ally mounted at one end of the said base and adapted to fold thereon, a plurality of springs secured to When the device described is not in the other end of the said base and extending upwardly therefrom, a lug secured to the outer end of the said board body and dopendng therefrom and an apertured latch member secured to the upper ends of the said springs, the lug on the said board body being adapted to be received in the apen ture of the said latch member to retain the outer end of the board body in engagement with the latch member. 10

In testimony whereof I affix my sgnature in presence of two witnesses.

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